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Ben Gates
Aug 2, 20225 min read
Mountains of Blessing
Image courtesy of wordpress.com/truthsnitch.com All the Israelites, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides...
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Ben Gates
Jul 15, 20225 min read
Mystery Mountain
Mount Moriah, Jerusalem, from the well of En Rogel, 1857 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the...
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Ben Gates
Jul 1, 20224 min read
Lift Your Eyes to the Hills
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” --Psalm...
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Ben Gates
Jun 14, 20224 min read
A Great Cloud of Witnesses
Giusto de’ Menabuoi (Italian, ca. 1320–1391), Paradise, ca. 1378. Dome fresco, Padua Baptistery, Italy. “Therefore, since we are...
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Ben Gates
May 28, 20225 min read
Growing in the Family Image
"Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the LORD, who makes you holy." --Leviticus 20:8 Sometimes I jokingly tell people that if they are...
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Ben Gates
May 22, 20225 min read
The Lord My Banner
"Moses built an altar and called it the LORD is my Banner." --Exodus 17:15 The Lord goes by many names throughout the Bible. As I...
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Ben Gates
May 16, 20225 min read
The Lord Who Provides
The Sacrifice of Isaac painted by Rembrandt, 1635, oil on canvas "On the third day, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. ...
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Ben Gates
May 10, 20225 min read
The Hidden Ones
“Meanwhile, I’m preserving for Myself seven thousand souls: the knees that haven’t bowed to the god Baal, the mouths that haven’t kissed...
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Ben Gates
May 3, 20225 min read
Jesus People
"Penitent Peter" painted by Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck, 1617-1618 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul...
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Ben Gates
Apr 26, 20225 min read
Us Against Them
Campus Ministry team visits with Bulgarian children in 2019 “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” –Luke...
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Ben Gates
Apr 21, 20225 min read
The Elephant in the Room
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." --Romans 8:18 In 1814, a...
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Ben Gates
Apr 17, 20225 min read
Doing the "Stuff"
Christ Healing the Sick in the Temple by American artist Benjamin West, 1815 “As you go, proclaim this message: The kingdom of heaven has...
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Ben Gates
Apr 14, 20224 min read
Talking with Jesus on the Road
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” –Luke...
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Ben Gates
Apr 6, 20224 min read
What is a Disciple?
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations” –Matthew 28:19 Last week, I attended a meeting hosted by a friend of mine named Vicki...
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Ben Gates
Apr 1, 20224 min read
Listen for the Rattling
"So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to...
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Ben Gates
Mar 28, 20224 min read
The Lord's Rebuilding Project
"The people made so much noise it could be heard far away, and no one could tell the difference between the joyful shouting and the sad...
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Ben Gates
Mar 26, 20224 min read
Sincere, Sent and Standing in His Presence
"In Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in His presence." --2 Corinthians 2:17 In ancient...
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Ben Gates
Mar 22, 20223 min read
Love, Although
"But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, although the Lord had closed her womb." --I Samuel 1:5 I recently...
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Ben Gates
Mar 14, 20223 min read
He is Not Here
"You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here." -- Mark 16:6 (NIV) Following Jesus sometimes...
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